Date   : Wed, 17 Jan 2007 22:20:27 -0000
From   : dominic@... (BRAHMS)
Subject: Batteries in a Master

I remember being at school at the time we got our first batch. I won
2 pounds (and a beating) for repeatedly betting with people that one
of the new computers would go on fire...Then the support staff got
some Packard Bells a few years later that did some spectacular
fireworks too.

Dom
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Harper" <dl.harper@...>
To: <bbc-micro@...>
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 9:08 PM
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Batteries in a Master


> Sprow wrote:
>
>
>>> I always thought that you needed three AA batteries inside a Master, but
>>>   I've just opened one up and there is only space for (at most) two.
>>>
>>> ...
>>
>> Quickly dump the Master into a bucket of water, it sounds like you've
>> uncovered one of the lithium cell packs (3V, hence parallel is sensible)
>> which had a comedy tendancy to burn your school down.
>
> Were there really very many that did burst into flames? I know it did
> happen, and so Acorn withdrew them. But was it actually a lot of them, or
> was it just one or two that became a sensational story?
>
> David Harper
>
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